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security DOJ accuses Verizon and AT&T employees of participating in SIM-swap identity theft crimes Cory Doctorow

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Japan Unusual Gashapons from Tokyo: Hilarious and Weird Capsule Toys You Won't Believe Popkin

thrifting Doorknobs for sale in thrift shop were something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

gadgets Ikea has a $12 smart outlet that tracks power use Rob Beschizza

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guitars Jimi Hendrix unplugs in these rare acoustic guitar clips (video) Allan Rose Hill

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Tokyo $16 Tokyo hotel deal: clean sheets, free coffee, and a stranger in your room Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Man hilariously scolds the vacuum cleaner in front of his doggos to cure them of their fear: "Bad vacuum!" (video) Carla Sinclair

Review Dune: Part Two is fine Natalie Dressed

1970s "Pickled People" were heads made out of stuffed panty hose and smushed into jars, and people in the 1970s bought them for fun Jennifer Sandlin

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